For Gold and Glory: Charlie Wiggins and the African-American Racing Car Circuit

by Todd Gould

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The companion book to the PBS television special of the same name, For Gold and Glory retraces the little-known history of the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. This highly celebrated auto-racing event for African Americans was held in Indiana and throughout the Midwest during the racial turbulence of the 1920s and 1930s, when the Ku Klux Klan cast a shadow over the social and political landscape of the state and region. The story is told through the eyes...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0253341337

ISBN13:9780253341334

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

African-American & Black African-American Studies Americas Automotive Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Ethnic & National History of Sports

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